Karen Janney
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Karen Janney is a central fictional character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Mao II," around whom much of the book’s exploration of identity, art, and terrorism revolves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karen Janney canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3646443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Janney Context triple: [Mao II, mainCharacter, Karen Janney]
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A.
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf is an American actress acclaimed for her work in television, film, and theater, notably for her Emmy-winning role on "Roseanne" and performances in projects like "Lady Bird."
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B.
Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski is an American actress known for her sharp-witted, sophisticated roles in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed performances in works like "The Good Wife," "Mamma Mia!," and numerous stage productions.
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C.
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson is an American actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater, notably in projects like American Horror Story, The People v. O. J. Simpson, and various critically praised dramas.
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D.
Hope Davis
Hope Davis is an American actress known for her nuanced performances in both independent films and mainstream movies, as well as acclaimed roles on television.
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E.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress and singer known for her work in television, film, and theater, including her Tony-nominated role in the original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls" and her Emmy-winning performance on "Abbott Elementary."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Janney Target entity description: Karen Janney is a central fictional character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Mao II," around whom much of the book’s exploration of identity, art, and terrorism revolves.
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A.
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf is an American actress acclaimed for her work in television, film, and theater, notably for her Emmy-winning role on "Roseanne" and performances in projects like "Lady Bird."
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B.
Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski is an American actress known for her sharp-witted, sophisticated roles in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed performances in works like "The Good Wife," "Mamma Mia!," and numerous stage productions.
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C.
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson is an American actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater, notably in projects like American Horror Story, The People v. O. J. Simpson, and various critically praised dramas.
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D.
Hope Davis
Hope Davis is an American actress known for her nuanced performances in both independent films and mainstream movies, as well as acclaimed roles on television.
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E.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress and singer known for her work in television, film, and theater, including her Tony-nominated role in the original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls" and her Emmy-winning performance on "Abbott Elementary."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mao II ⓘ |
| appearsInPublicationYearOfWork | 1991 ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
art
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collective experience ⓘ identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ media and spectacle ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Mao II universe ⓘ |
| genreContext | postmodern novel ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central character
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protagonist ⓘ |
| isCharacterIn | Mao II ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
focus of exploration of art
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focus of exploration of identity ⓘ focus of exploration of terrorism ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| workTitle | Mao II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Karen Janney Description of subject: Karen Janney is a central fictional character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Mao II," around whom much of the book’s exploration of identity, art, and terrorism revolves.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.